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Some experts, like Dr Vanita Rahman, clinic director at Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) a global not-for-profit that promotes plant-based nutrition underlined that long-term safety data for these medicines is very limited yet

"I left without the medication and got straight to work researching," says Robinson

GLP-1s appear to address these issues directly, improving how the body responds to insulin, dialing down bodywide inflammation, and helping blood vessels function more normally

One is that when glucose levels are high, they trigger the pancreas to release insulin and suppress glucagon, which helps lower your blood sugar levels